The evidence
Draft papers, written to survive expert scrutiny.
These are working drafts, not press releases. They are built to be checked line by line. The flagship defines the construct and its validation. The companions defend the honesty the whole instrument depends on and set out the mechanism underneath cognitive debt. Every claim traces to the sources list.
Flagship · 16 min
Cognitive Debt and the Measurement of Reasoning Autonomy in the Age of AI
A construct definition and validation architecture for the Cognitive Autonomy Index. The flagship thesis.
Companion · 12 min
Against Reverse Inference
Why honest neuroscience is the defensible position, and the design principle behind a live brain that refuses to overclaim.
Companion · 7 min
The Effort Principle
Why durable reasoning is built by retrieval and problem-solving, and why ambient assistance is the mechanism of cognitive debt.